birthday morning .

January 21, 2020

I love the moments when I can observe and enjoy the moments of pure simplicity. Waking up in this Bed and Breakfast place by the fields and mountains was very much the best present :)

Someone else is preparing a breakfast, going out to take photos and feeling the morning freeze. I came back with red cheeks and big smile on my face :)

Going back to Vancouver we saw some beautiful landscapes!

This valley with clouds/fog travelling was the top moment of our trip :)

Morning blessed with red cheeks, fog and inside happiness :)

Waves are our memories .

January 7, 2020

I will tell you a secret.

Under dark blue sky.

You will only see one star.

The same that leads you in the dark.

Drone photos by Youn P.

As free as the ocean .

January 6, 2020

We were waking up because sun was out! I knew that our campsite was very close to the water and a lighthouse but when we arrived was pitch black and we could only hear waves going back and forth. While setting up our ‘bed’ racoons came in to say ‘hi’ and did some sniffing around :)

Oh well - Cape Disappointment Park did quite the opposite! This place is so beautiful and reminded me a lot of LT :) We saw deers both nights, already mentioned racoons and it was pretty empty!

We really wanted to try to sleep in our car and November is perfect month for that plus my birthday :)

Empty beach. The one you dream to have just to yourself! Just waves, Youn playing with drone and some seagulls. That’s it! When we went to see lighthouse the next day there was an info board and I read that this place didn’t exist before! It was all under water.

This fall light is so pretty we both could not stop taking photos :)

A little town next to campsite was very cute and had it’s own typical small town life vibe :) We went to a coffee shop and order some breakfast and some local ladies sat to us. We started to chit chat and it was really funny to hear their life stories and how they end up in this little town.

After breakfast our goal was to drive to Bayocean Peninsula Park which is in Oregon. We wanted to ride our bikes there and on the way back stop and visit Cannon Beach :) It was such a beautiful drive there!

Just look at this! Pure sand, sun, waves :)

More to come :)

A Day in Detroit .

June 22, 2019

What do you know about Detroit? I knew a city had a strong automobile industry, GM and Ford (Chrysler) has a headquarters here, diverse culture in Detroit influenced some music styles and that few years ago city filed for bankruptcy. Which in my opinion didn’t go far even today. You can sense this while wandering around the downtown. There are tall buildings in the middle of Detroit that are abandoned, people look sad and depressed. I wished I could be teleported back in 1940-50s when the city was booming.

Downtown area has lots of beautiful buildings, lots LOTS of churches and a huge Institute of Arts where I spend most of my time. It was worth it! :) The other thing that I loved was open roof parkades where I could go up and take some downtown skyline photos!

Detroit Institute of Arts(DIA) is a huge museum where I spent 4hours of exploring and wandering around. Sounds crazy but you could easily stay there for a whole day! I’ve seen art from ancient cultures to today’s contemporary art. It felt so good. Just to walk and observe all this. Some galleries were more empty then the other ones so it felt like I am there just by myself :) Didn’t mind that!

In the photo above you can see Mushhushshu-dragon, Symbol of the God Marduk. According to the card next to this mosaic it was made in 604 - 562 BCE.

When I saw these rings at first I could not believe my eyes! These are humongous and done with skills :)

DIA has a huge collection of Diego M. Rivera’s work. The scale of some of his works are really impressive. He was born in Mexico, early in his life went to Spain. This is where he got surrounded by European Art. He is known for showing every day people doing their work. This was a fave thing for Soviet propaganda ‘art’. He got commissioned to paint a mural for Red Army Club in Moscow. Shortly after authorities canceled his contract because D. Rivera got involved in anti-soviet politics. A year later he was expelled from a communist party in Mexico as well. That didn’t really affect his career. He got huge contracts in States and was constantly working artist. To add on top of that had lots of lovers and probably enjoyed his life :)

So this little gothic chapel back in the day which is XVI century (If my memory is not lying) did belong to a wealthy family in Belgium for a private devotion. It was a trendy thing to have your own chapel(!) The image below shows the same chapel on the right side corner. In 1923 the chapel was gifted to DIA and piece by piece taken apart, numbered and put together again. This just blew my mind!

Bye bye Detroit! :)